Martin Sefton

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  University Park
  Nottingham
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  UK
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• martin.sefton@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Martin has been a member of staff at the University of Nottingham since July, 2000. He is a Professor in Economics with research interests in the area of game theory and experimental economics. He has published in leading journals and is on the editorial board of the journal Experimental Economics.

Professor Sefton's complete cv can be downloaded here in pdf format.

Recent Publications

• ENRIQUE FATAS, DANIELE NOSENZO, MARTIN SEFTON and DANIEL ZIZZO, 2021. A self-funding reward mechanism for tax compliance Journal of Economic Psychology. 86, 102421
• JINGCHENG FU, MARTIN SEFTON and RICHARD UPWARD, 2019. Social Comparisons in Job Search Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 168, 338-361
• GAECHTER, SIMON, HUANG, LINGBO and SEFTON, MARTIN, 2018. Disappointment Aversion and Social Comparisons in a Real-Effort Competition Economic Inquiry. 56(3), 1512-1525
• FLORIAN HEINE and MARTIN SEFTON, 2018. To Tender or Not to Tender? Deliberate and Exogenous Sunk Costs in a Public Good Game Games. 9, 41

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• ENRIQUE FATAS, DANIELE NOSENZO, MARTIN SEFTON and DANIEL ZIZZO, 2021. A self-funding reward mechanism for tax compliance Journal of Economic Psychology. 86, 102421
• JINGCHENG FU, MARTIN SEFTON and RICHARD UPWARD, 2019. Social Comparisons in Job Search Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 168, 338-361
• GAECHTER, SIMON, HUANG, LINGBO and SEFTON, MARTIN, 2018. Disappointment Aversion and Social Comparisons in a Real-Effort Competition Economic Inquiry. 56(3), 1512-1525
• FLORIAN HEINE and MARTIN SEFTON, 2018. To Tender or Not to Tender? Deliberate and Exogenous Sunk Costs in a Public Good Game Games. 9, 41
• DROUVELIS, M, NOSENZO, D and SEFTON, M, 2017. Team Incentives and Leadership Journal of Economic Psychology. 62, 173-185
• SIMON GAECHTER, LINGBO HUANG and MARTIN SEFTON, 2016. Combining “real effort” with induced effort costs: the ball-catching task Experimental Economics. 19(4), 687-712
• MONTERO, M., POSSAJENNIKOV, A., SEFTON, M. and TUROCY, T., 2016. Majoritarian Blotto contests with asymmetric battlefields: an experiment on apex games Economic Theory. 61, 55-89
• ZAHRA MURAD, MARTIN SEFTON and CHRIS STARMER, 2016. How do Risk Attitudes Affect Measured Confidence? Journal of Risk and Uncertainty. 52, 21-46
• NOSENZO, D, QUERCIA, S and SEFTON, M, 2015. Cooperation in Small Groups: The Effect of Group Size Experimental Economics. 18(1), 4-14
• ERKUT, H., NOSENZO, D. and SEFTON, M., 2015. Identifying Social Norms Using Coordination Games: Spectators vs. Stakeholders Economics Letters. 130, 28-31
• BOUGHEAS, S, NIEBOER, J. and SEFTON, M., 2015. Risk Taking and Information Aggregation in Groups Journal of Economic Psychology. 51, 34-47
• NOSENZO, D., OFFERMAN, T., SEFTON, M. and VAN DER VEEN, A., 2015. Discretionary Sanctions and Rewards in the Repeated Inspection Game Management Science. (In Press.)
• MORGAN, J., ORZEN, H., SEFTON, M. and SISAK, D., 2015. Strategic and Natural Risk in Entrepreneurship: An Experimental Study Journal of Economics and Management Strategy. (In Press.)
• NOSENZO, D. and SEFTON, M., 2014. Promoting Cooperation: The Distribution of Reward and Punishment Power. In: P.A.M. VAN LANGE, B. ROCKENBACH and T. YAMAGISHI, eds., Social dilemmas: New perspectives on reward and punishment Oxford University Press.
• GÄCHTER, S., NOSENZO, D. and SEFTON, M., 2013. Peer effects in pro-social behavior: social norms or social preferences? Journal of the European Economic Association. 11(3), 548–573
• NOSENZO, D., OFFERMAN, T., SEFTON, M. and VEEN, A. VAN DER, 2013. Encouraging compliance: bonuses versus fines in inspection games Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization. n/a(n/a), n/a
• BOUGHEAS, S., NIEBOER, J. and SEFTON, M., 2013. Risk-taking in social settings: group and peer effects Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 92(n/a), 273-283
• FALLUCCHI, F., RENNER, E. and SEFTON, M., 2013. Information feedback and contest structure in rent-seeking games European Economic Review. 64(November), 223-240
• SEFTON, M. and P. ZHANG, 2013. Divisible-Good Uniform Price Auctions: The Role of Allocation Rules and Communication among Bidders Research in Experimental Economics. 16, 53-86
• GAECHTER, S, NOSENZO, D, RENNER, E. and SEFTON, M., 2012. Who Makes a Good Leader? Cooperativeness, Optimism and Leading-by-Example Economic Inquiry. 50(4), 867–879
• MORGAN, J., ORZEN, H. and SEFTON, M., 2012. Endogenous entry in contests Economic Theory. 51(2), 435-463
• GÄCHTER, S., NOSENZO, D. and SEFTON, M., 2012. The impact of social comparisons on reciprocity The Scandinavian Journal of Economics. 114(4), 1346–1367
• NOSENZO, D. and SEFTON, M., 2011. Endogenous move structure and voluntary provision of public goods: theory and experiment Journal of Public Economic Theory. 13(5), 721-754
• DROUVELIS, M., MONTERO, M. and SEFTON, M., 2010. Gaining power through enlargement: strategic foundations and experimental evidence Games and Economic Behavior. 69(2), 274-292
• GAECHTER, S, NOSENZO, D, RENNER, E. and SEFTON, M., 2010. Sequential versus simultaneous contributions to public goods: Experimental evidence Journal of Public Economics. 94, 515-522
• MORGAN, J., ORZEN, H. and SEFTON, M., 2009. Network architecture and traffic flows: experiments on the Pigou-Knight-Downs and Braess Paradoxes Games and Economic Behavior. 66(1), 348-372
• VAN DER HEIJDEN, E, POTTERS, J. and SEFTON, M., 2009. Hierarchy and Opportunism in Teams Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 69, 39-50
• GÄCHTER, S., RENNER, E. and SEFTON, M., 2008. The long-run benefits of punishment Science. 322(5907), 1510
• MULLER, L, SEFTON, M, STEINBERG, R. and VESTERLUND, L., 2008. Strategic Behavior and Learning in Repeated Voluntary-Contribution Experiments Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 67, 782-793
• MONTERO, M., SEFTON, M. and ZHANG, P., 2008. Enlargement and the balance of power: an experimental study Social Choice and Welfare. 30(1), 69-87
• ORZEN, H. and SEFTON, M., 2007. An experiment on spatial price competition. International Journal of Industrial Organization Elsevier. Available at: <http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2007.05.007>
• POTTERS, J, SEFTON, M. and VESTERLUND, L., 2007. Leading-by-example in voluntary contribution games: an experimental study Economic Theory. 33(1), 169-182
• SEFTON, M, SHUPP, R. and WALKER, J., 2007. The Effects of Rewards and Sanctions in Provision of Public Goods Economic Inquiry. 45(4), 671-690
• MORGAN, J, ORZEN, H. and SEFTON, M., 2006. A Laboratory Study of Advertising and Price Competition European Economic Review. 50(2), 323-347
• MORGAN, J, ORZEN, H. and SEFTON, M., 2006. An Experimental Study of Price Dispersion Games and Economic Behavior. 54(1), 134-158
• MANELLI, A, SEFTON, M. and WILNER, B., 2006. Multi-unit Auctions: A Comparison of Static and Dynamic Mechanisms Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 61(2), 304-323
• POTTERS, J., SEFTON, M. and VESTERLUND, L., 2005. After you—endogenous sequencing in voluntary contribution games Journal of Public Economics. 89(8), 1399-1419
• BURTON, A., LOOMES, G. and SEFTON, M., 2005. Communication and Efficiency in Coordination Game Experiments Advances in Applied Microeconomics. 13, 63-86
• BURTON, A. and SEFTON, M., 2004. Risk, pre-play communication and equilibrium Games and Economic Behavior. 46(1), 23-40
• ORZEN, H. and SEFTON, M., 2003. Buyer subsidies in an equilibrium model of price dispersion German Economic Review. 4(4), 497-501
• KATOK, E., SEFTON, M. and YAVAS, A., 2002. Implementation by iterative dominance and backward induction: an experimental comparison Journal of Economic Theory. 104(1), 89-103
• MORGAN, J. and SEFTON, M., 2002. An experimental investigation of unprofitable games Games and Economic Behavior. 40(1), 123-146
• CLARK, K. and SEFTON, M., 2001. The sequential prisoner's dilemma: evidence on reciprocation Economic Journal. 111(468), 51-68
• CLARK, K., KAY, S. and SEFTON, M., 2001. When Are Nash Equilibria Self-Enforcing? An Experimental Analysis International Journal of Game Theory. 29, 495-515
• MORGAN, J. and SEFTON, M., 2001. Information Externalities in a Model of Sales Economics Bulletin. 4, 1-5
• CLARK, K. and SEFTON, M., 2001. Repetition and signalling: experimental evidence from games with efficient equilibria Economics Letters. VOL 70(NUMBER 3), 357-362
• ABRAMS, E, SEFTON, M. and YAVAS, A., 2000. An Experimental Comparison of Two Search Models Economic Theory. 16, 735-749
• MORGAN, J. and SEFTON, M., 2000. Funding Public Goods with Lotteries: Experimental Evidence Review of Economic Studies. VOL 67(PART 4), 785-810
• SEFTON, M., 1999. A Model of Behavior in Coordination Game Experiments Experimental Economics. 2, 151-164
• DEB, P. and SEFTON, M., 1996. The Distribution of a Lagrange Multiplier Test of Normality Economics Letters. 51, 123-138
• SEFTON, M. and YAVAS, A, 1996. Threat to Regulate and Coordination Failures: Experimental Evidence Journal of Real Estate and Finance Economics. 12, 97-115
• SEFTON, M. and YAVAS, A, 1996. Abreu-Matsushima Mechanisms: Experimental Evidence Games and Economic Behavior. 16, 280-302
• SEFTON, M. and STEINBERG, R., 1996. Reward structures in public good experiments Journal of Public Economics. VOL 61(NUMBER 2), 263-288
• SEFTON, M. and YAVAS, A, 1995. The Welfare Effects of a Subsidy to Multiple Listing Services Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics. 11, 85-90
• FORSYTHE, R, HOROWITZ, J, SAVIN, N.E and SEFTON, M., 1994. Fairness in Simple Bargaining Experiments Games and Economic Behavior. 6, 347-369
• SEFTON, M., 1992. Incentives in Simple Bargaining Games Journal of Economic Psychology. 13, 263-276
• SEFTON, M., 1992. A Lagrange Multiplier Test of Uniformity Against Beta Alternatives Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation. 44, 17-25